Source-linked reports: Amounts and outcomes come from the original reports and linked replies.
hung: Workers AI neuron charges billed despite expected free usage.
In a Hacker News comment, hung says that with paid Workers he was billed for confusing Workers AI neuron usage that should have been covered under usage limits, never got an answer on why, and that support ignored his ticket.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Inference volume
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2026-10-10
- Billing outcome
- Not recorded
- Case progress
- Not established
- Public Cloudflare reply
- Not linked
Latest reported outcome
The author says his support ticket was ignored; no billing action is reported.
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Case timeline
Author describes the neuron charges
Open original sourceThe author says he was billed for neuron usage he expected to be covered and that his ticket was ignored.
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